Kareem Chehayeb, Author at Crux

Men carry the coffins with the bodies of Pierre Mouawad, an official with the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces party, and his wife during their funeral in Yahshush, in Lebanon, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Church in the Middle East

Lebanon buries a Christian official killed in an Israeli strike as anti-Hezbollah anger surges

by Kareem Chehayeb and Associated Press April 9, 2026

Worshipers pray during Good Friday Mass at St. Anthony Church, which was devoted to expressing solidarity with Christian villagers in southern Lebanon displaced by the war in Jdeideh, a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 3, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Church in the Middle East

Displaced by war, Lebanon’s Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches

by Kareem Chehayeb, Isabel Debre and Associated Press April 5, 2026

Displaced people who fled Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon sit i n tents in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 29, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Church in the Middle East

Iran says its expelled ambassador won’t leave Lebanon as political tensions soar

by Kareem Chehayeb and Associated Press March 31, 2026

Israeli soldiers atop an APC in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Church in the Middle East

Lebanese Christians fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics in the south

by Kareem Chehayeb and Julia Frankel March 26, 2026

Pope Leo XIV holds a moment of prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Pope in Lebanon

Pope prays at site of 2020 Beirut port explosion

by Nicole Winfield, Kareem Chehayeb and Associated Press December 2, 2025

A billboard displays an image of Pope Leo XIV, ahead of his upcoming visit to Lebanon, near the grain silos at Beirut's port that were heavily damaged in the massive 2020 explosion as a graffiti in Arabic reading "Victims of the Beirut port explosion" is seen in the foreground, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Church in the Middle East

Pope Leo XIV’s visit rekindles hope in war- and crisis-battered Lebanon

by Kareem Chehayeb, Abby Sewell and Associated Press November 25, 2025

Civil Defence workers inspect the damage after an apartment was hit during an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Sunday Nov. 23, 2025. (Credit: Bilal Hussein/AP.)

Church in the Middle East

Days before papal visit to Lebanon, Israel kills senior Hezbollah official in Beirut strike

by Fadi Tawil, Kareem Chehayeb and Associated Press November 24, 2025

Pope Leo XIV at his General Audience at the Vatican on Aug. 20, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Associated Press, Vatican

Pope Leo’s first international trip could be to Lebanon, cardinal says

by Nicole Winfield, Kareem Chehayeb and Associated Press August 21, 2025

Church in the Middle East

Clergy, bags of cash set off new sectarian brawl in Lebanon

by Kareem Chehayeb August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

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